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EN CLAIR
FROM HONG KONG
UNCLASSIFIED
TO ROUTINE FCO TELNO BIS 14 OF 15 FEBRUARY
CONFERENCE ELEVEN STOP THIS IS AYE MATTER BETWEEN
PEOPLE OF HONGKONG AND GOVERNMENT OF HONGKONG STOP WE WANT TO
:
EXERCISE THE MINIMUM INTERFERENCE IN THIS MATTER STOP WE HAVE
OF COURSE AN OVERRIDING CONCERN BECAUSE HONGKONG ›
IS AYE COLONY STOP BUT NEVERTHELESS IT IS
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AYE MATTER TO BE SETTLED ON SPOT AND MUCH BETTER SO RATHER
THAN CONSTANTLY BEING REFERRED TO BRITISH GOVERNMENT STOP UNQUOTE
PARA AYE REPORTER ASKED QUOTE HOW DO YOU SEE THE FUTURE OF
HONGKONG IN THE LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT LEASE ON THE NEW
TERRITORIES IS TO EXPIRE IN
NEAR FUTURE QUESTION MARK UNQUOTE PARA
QUOT
SIR ALEC REPLIED COLON QUOTE WELL THAT IS AYE
QUESTION WHICH EYE THINK IS AYE MATTER OF PURE SPECULATION
STOP EYE DO NOT THINK THAT SPECULATION ON THIS HYPERTHETICAL QUESTION IS REALLY WORTHWHILE AT THIS TIME BECAUSE IN MY SPEECH YESTERDAY EYE THINK EYEN
SAID THAT HONGKONG IS AYE DANGER TO NONE AND IS AN ASSET
IN ITSELF AND EYE SUGGEST PROCEED AS YOU ARE COMMA
SUGGES
GIVING AYE WERY CONVINCING EXAMPLE TO THE WORLD
OF AYE PROSPERING COMMUNITY COMMA THAT IS THE BEST INSURANCE
FOR YOUR FUTURE STOP AS TO WHAT HAPPENS IN TWENTYFIVE YEARS TIME
EYE THINK IS TOO EARLY TO SPECULATE STOP UNQUOTE PARA MORE INFORMS.
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